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Budapest not always has been Budapest. It used to be Buda, Pest and Obuda. In 89 ad the romans founded a camp west of the river danube. Its name was Aquincum and it quickle developed into the capitol of the province Oannonia Inferior. Aquincum is what we see as Buda and means oven. In the 4th century the huns invaded the city multiple times and took it over. After the roman empire a lot of different peoples came and went. 1526 the Habsburgs became kings of hungary and therefore the emperors of Budapest as well. The people of Budapest had to pay high taxes and -due to this- were relatively poor. The single rebellion was subdued brutally. Although conditions still were poor, Pest became capital of the empire in 1723. 1838 the people experienced extreme flooding, claiming more than 70000 lifes. Still pest grew rapidly. Due to the building of a huge bridge in 1849, Buda, Obuda and Pest wanted to fuse, but the Habsburgs again took to power and reverted the step. 1873 by getting rid of the Habsburgs, the cities finally were fused by the austrians and became the Budapest of today. Nowadays 7 bridges cross the Danube.

Lotte Adwen Ehninger